No fewer than 2,480 litres of skuchies, a New Psychoactive Substance, have been recovered from a factory in Lagos State by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.
According to Babafemi, the recovery process began on May 21, 2024 when operatives of the agency at Igbo Elerin in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State arrested a suspect, Odumegwu Obijofor, for producing and distributing skuchies, a mixture of black currant and illicit drugs.
No fewer than 2,480 litres of the New Psychoactive Substance were recovered from his clandestine factory when he was arrested.
In Cross River State, while Ogar Emmanuel was arrested with 2.5kg of cannabis at Ukpada Utugwan village, 29 sacks of the same substance weighing 290kg were recovered from the warehouse of another suspect, Usani Ikpi, who is currently at large.
Three suspects: Sa’adu Sule, 23; Mukhtar Nura, 23; and Hamza Nura, 18, were nabbed at Jabiri Funtua, Katsina state on May 24, 2024 with 129 blocks of cannabis weighing 70kg coming from Ogere, Ogun State.
No fewer than five suspects, including: Ezekiel Munda, 30; and Sule Mustapha, 21, were arrested by NDLEA operatives on May 23, 2024 during raids at Karu Abattoir, Jikwoyi and Tora Bora hill area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, where 95.01kg of cannabis and different quantities of opioids were recovered from them.
In Edo State, operatives arrested a physically challenged notorious drug dealer, Zekere Sufianu, 45, at Auchi town on May 22.
At the time of his arrest, he was found with 751 grams of Loud, 178 grams of tramadol and pills of swinol.
In like manner, the various commands of the Agency across the country continued with the War Against Drug Abuse advocacy campaign in the past week.
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Some of them included WADA sensitisation lecture for students and teachers of Baptist Grammar School, Iresi, Osun State; students and teachers of Anwar-Ul-Islam Grammar School, Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State; students of Shalom Secondary School, Saminaka, Kaduna State; students of Government Day Secondary School, Gandu, Gombe State; students of Pakoto Senior High School, Ifo, Ogun State; students of Nwafor-Orizu Demonstration Secondary School, Awka, Anambra State; and muslim faithful at Central Mosque, Abudu, Orhionmwon LGA, Edo State.